Mumbai: India's aviation regulator will now lend its ears to noise concerns in neighbourhoods surrounding airports. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) recently issued a Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) to contain noise around airports and mandates noise mapping in and around airports. With the entry of new airlines, traffic in Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) is set to go up, increasing the noise levels, forcing the DGCA to step in.
The CAR mandates carrying out a noise mapping study around airports, including the areas directly under the flight paths, assessment of the existing noise loads and the population affected, and developing a noise management action plan.
According to residents, noise levels peak at night. They claimed their complaints had fallen on deaf ears. “Flights fly so close to our roofs. It is really bothersome at night. But the airport wants our ancestral land, and our complaints have never been paid any heed to,” said Roshni Creado (61), a Sahar resident.
19/01/15 Anjali Lukose/Indian Express
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The CAR mandates carrying out a noise mapping study around airports, including the areas directly under the flight paths, assessment of the existing noise loads and the population affected, and developing a noise management action plan.
According to residents, noise levels peak at night. They claimed their complaints had fallen on deaf ears. “Flights fly so close to our roofs. It is really bothersome at night. But the airport wants our ancestral land, and our complaints have never been paid any heed to,” said Roshni Creado (61), a Sahar resident.
19/01/15 Anjali Lukose/Indian Express
